Skandapurana 4.51.4.3

4.51.4.3

mūrtiṃ saṃsthāpya śubhadāṃ bhāsvataḥ śubhalakṣaṇām ..
dakṣiṇena viśālākṣyā dṛḍhabhaktisamanvitaḥ .. 29 ..
tuṣṭastasmai varaṃ prādādbradhno vṛddhatapasvine ..
alaṃ vilaṃbya yācasva kaste deyo varo mayā .. 4.2.51.30 ..
sotha prasannāddyumaṇeravṛṇīta varaṃ muniḥ ..
yadi prasanno bhagavānyuvatvaṃ dehi me punaḥ.. 31 ..
tapaḥkaraṇa sāmarthyaṃ sthavirasya na me yataḥ ..
punastāruṇyamāptohaṃ cariṣyāmyuttamaṃ tapaḥ ..32..
tapa eva paro dharmastapa eva paraṃ vasu ..
tapa eva paraḥ kāmo nirvāṇaṃ tapa eva hi .. 33 ..
ṛtena tapasaḥ kvāpi labhyā aiśvaryasaṃpadaḥ ..
padaṃ dhruvādibhiḥ prāpi kevalaṃ tapaso balāt .. 34 ..
tatastapaścariṣyāmi lokadvayamahattvadam ..
prāpya tvadvaradānena yauvanaṃ sarvasaṃmatam .. 383 ..
dhigjarāṃprāṇināmatra yayā sarvo virajyati ..
jarātureṃdriyagrāme striyopi nayataḥ svasāt .. 36 ..
varaṃ maraṇamevāstu mā jarāstvatiśocyakṛt ..
kṣaṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca maraṇaṃ jarā duḥkhaṃ kṣaṇekṣaṇe ..37..
kāṃkṣaṃti dīrghatapase ciramāyurjiteṃdriyāḥ ..
dhanaṃ dānāya putrāya kalatraṃ muktaye dhiyam.. 38 ..
vṛddhasyavārdhakaṃ bradhnastatkṣaṇādapahṛtya vai ..
dadau ca cārutā hetuṃ tāruṇyaṃ puṇyasādhanam ..39..
evaṃ sa vṛddhahārīto vārāṇasyāṃ mahāmuniḥ ..
saṃprāpya yauvanaṃ bradhnāttapa ugraṃ cacāra ha ..4.2.51.40..
vṛddhenārādhito yasmāddhārītena tapasvinā ..
ādityo vārdhakaharo vṛddhādityastataḥ smṛtaḥ .. 41 ..
vṛddhādityaṃ samārādhya vārāṇasyāṃ ghaṭodbhava ..
jarā durgati rogaghnaṃ bahavaḥ siddhimāgatāḥ .. 42 ..
vṛddhādityaṃ namaskṛtya vārāṇasyā ravau naraḥ ..

Having installed an auspicious image of the Sun that possesses auspicious marks
to the south of Viśālākṣī, endowed with firm devotion,
Bradhna (the Sun), pleased, offered a boon to that old ascetic:
“Without delay, ask: what boon should I give to you?”
Then that sage chose a boon from the pleased jewel of the sky:
“If the Blessed One is pleased, give me youth again!
Because as an old man I do not have the capacity to perform austerity;
having attained youth once more, I shall perform supreme austerity.
Austerity alone is the highest dharma; austerity alone is the highest wealth;
austerity alone is the highest desire; austerity alone is indeed nirvāṇa.
Without austerity, are riches and good fortune obtainable anywhere?
The station of Dhruva and others was attained solely through the power of austerity.
Therefore I will perform austerity which grants greatness in both worlds,
having obtained youth, approved by all, through the granting of your boon.
Fie upon old age for living beings here, by which everyone becomes detached!
When the group of senses is afflicted by old age, even women do not submit to one's control.
Better indeed were death; let there not be old age, which causes extreme misery!
Death is pain for a moment, but old age is pain at every single moment.
Those who have conquered their senses desire a long life for prolonged austerity,
wealth for charity, a wife for a son, [and] intellect for liberation.”
Instantly taking away that old age of the old man, Bradhna
gave him youth, the cause of charm and the means to merit.
Thus that great sage Vṛddhahārīta in Vārāṇasī,
having obtained youth from Bradhna, performed fierce austerity.
Because the Sun, the remover of old age,
was worshipped by the aged ascetic Hārīta, he is therefore remembered as Vṛddhāditya.
Having worshipped Vṛddhāditya in Vārāṇasī, O Pot-born [Agastya],
which destroys old age, misfortune, and disease, many have attained perfection.
Having bowed to Vṛddhāditya on a Sunday in Vārāṇasī, a man